Kenya’s gig economy has surged to a $1 billion market, fueled primarily by the rapid expansion of e-commerce and ride-hailing ...

The company is not off to a good start.

A network of millions of Americans who offer services like making deliveries or providing rideshare services are feeling the ...

At 2 a.m. on a Tuesday, Maria delivers her 14th food order of the night, calculating whether she’s earned enough to cover her daughter’s medication. Like millions of gig workers worldwide, she exists ...

For decades, economic opportunity was often tied to migration. Today, millions of Africans are plugging directly into global commerce from their homes and building careers that span continents.

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A new Gridwise Analytics report reveals what drivers on Uber, DoorDash, Spark, and other platforms earned per hour in 2025, and how rising fares changed the math for everyone.

The gig economy isn’t on the periphery of how we work anymore—it’s mainstream. Nearly half of the US workforce is expected to engage in gig work this year, and the market’s total value is on track to ...

Gig workers say that apps like Instacart and Uber are already competitive and tough to make money on. That could get worse during a recession.

The Economic Survey 2025–26 estimates India now has roughly 12 million gig workers, up from about 7.7 million in FY21. For many of them the smartphone app is their workplace. The algorithm inside is t ...

Ride-hailing firm Bolt has launched a new health insurance scheme for its drivers in Nigeria, aiming to address a major welfare gap in ...

Inclusion in the work-linked health insurance programme will have to account for volatile incomes, an increase in ...